Display-chest for silverware, &amp;c.



PATENTE'D JUNE 19, 1906. B. HERBE-GK. DISPLAY CHEST FOR SILVERWARE, &c. APPLIUATIOHIILED JAN 190 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE...

VEMIL HERBEOK, OF-PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA. r

To all whom it may ooncernr Be it known that I, EMIL HERBEOK, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsyl- Vania, have invented a new and useful Dis play-Chest for Silverware, &c., of which the following is a Specification.

My invention consists of a display-chest for silverware, &c., composed of'a body provided with drawers or trays, some of which may be folded into said body and others folded over said body and inclosed by the lid and so concealed and secured, said trays when unfolded being presented in positions which do not interfere with each other, and so serve to display articles thereon to the best advantage for access, examination, inspection, selection, &c.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a chest in closed condition embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a perspective view of the same in open condition. Fig. 3 represents a vertical section on line a: m, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the body ofthe chest, and B the lid thereof.

The back C of the body is continued upwardly above the side pieces D thereof, forming the extension or extended piece E, to

whose upper end is hinged the lid B, whose front F and "sides G are sufficiently deep so that when the lid is closed said front and sides reach the tops of the corresponding parts D H of the body of the box.

To the sides of the extended piece E there are hinged the trays K, which are adapted to close inwardly and toward and against said piece and over the top of the body, so that when the lid is closed it covers said trays, and so completely incloses and conceals the same. In the sides D of the bodyare openings to receive the trays L, and in the front H is an opening to receivethe tray M, said trays being adapted to be moved by sliding into said body, the trays L being above the tray M. In the walls of said trays L M and corresponding parts of the walls of the body A are open ings A to receive pins or rods to secure the trays, the heads of said pins or rods being covered by the lid B, which when locked to the bodyprevents access to said heads, whereby said trays are controlled from within, this feature per se not being new in the art. The chest has a horizontal partition therein above thetrays L, thus forming a storage and dis- 1 Specification of Letters Patent. I Application filed January 10, 1906. Serial No. 295,381.

. DISPLAY-CHEST FOR sILVERWAREae'l Patented June 19, 1906.

' play chamber. A between said trays and the place of occupation of the trays when the latter are in closed condition.

When the lid is opened, the trays L M may bereleased and the trays K; may be swung laterally and rearwardly, and so occupy a position parallel with the open lid arid back of the trays L, all as shown in Fig. 2, when, as is evident, the articles placed on the several trays and the aforesaid chamber may be displayed or exhibited without either tray covering or interfering with the others and to the best advantage for the purpose hereinbefore named, this being especially due to the fact that when the tray M is drawn out forwardly the trays L are drawn out sidewise and the trays K are drawn out laterally and rearwardly, said trays K then being back of the extension E, and consequently of the body A. The trays then assume a stair-shape position, so that they are removed clear of each other and the contents are unobstructedly exposed. 7

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A chest having a body, a lid and a swinging tray, one of the Walls of said body having an upward extension and said swinging tray being pivotally connected with the side of said extension.

2. A chest having one of the walls of its extension, a swinging tray connected with the side of said extension, a slidable tray adapted to enter said body below said swinging tray and a lid pivotally connected with said extension and adapted to inclose said swinging tray.

4. A chest composed of a body and lid, movable trays in the walls of said body, one of saidwalls having an extension upwardly above the other walls thereof, a lid pivotally connected with the top of said extension and a swinging tray connected with said e'xtension and adapted. to be placed rearward of.

the same and over said body-and be inclosed by said lid. 7

5. A chest composed of a body and a lid, a

movable tray in the walls of said body, one of the walls of said body havin an extension upwardly above the other wal s thereof, a lid pivotally connected with the top of said extension and a swinging tray connected with said extension and adapted to be placed rearward of the same and over said body and be inclosed by said lid.

6. A chest composed of a body and a lid, a movable tray in the walls of said body, one of the walls of said body having an extension upwardly above the other walls thereof, a lid pivotally connected with the top of said extension and a swinging tray connected with said extension and adapted to be placed rearward of the same and over said body and be inclosed by said lid, said body having a horizontal partition therein over said slidable trays forming a chamber between said movable and swinging trays.

EMIL HERBECK.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, S. R. CARR. 

